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Air Pollution Kills: The Silent Killer
Millions of people die every year from diseases caused by air pollution, the bottom line is that air pollution kills. This has become a global emergency that varies in different parts of the world. Air pollution: the silent killer is a major risk to our health....
What Is In The Air We Breathe?
Without the air that we breathe, life would not be able to exist on earth. The average adult will breathe around 10,000 litres of air each day. It is a well known fact that the air we breathe is not clean and air pollution can pose a serious risk to our health. This...
Babies Born Breathing In Polluted Air In The UK
Up to 250,000 babies are born breathing polluted air in the UK according to a 2019 study carried out by the Asthma and the British Lung Foundation. These high levels of pollution can put new born babies at risk of developing serious health conditions. Air pollution is...
Air Quality Grants And What The Aim Is
2021 saw announcements from the UK government surrounding their pact to improve air quality - with over £9 million in Air Quality Grants for authorities in certain areas to aid in their clean air plans. The Air Quality Grants opened for applications beginning...
Air Purifier In Schools: The Best HEPA Air Purifier UK
Within a school environment, there are children who suffer from asthma and acute allergies and they deserve the best HEPA air purifier in the UK. This is why it is important that schools ensure they are providing their pupils with a safe learning environment. In 2020...
How To Improve Indoor Air Quality
How to improve indoor air quality, something that was not given much thought pre pandemic, basically something that was not considered or cared about by people, but the one good thing that has come from the pandemic is that people are now recognizing air pollution for...
Tackling Air Pollution: UK Opportunity To Lead The Way
The pandemic certainly brought a whole new focus to the air purification sector across the entire world, but air pollution has always been around. With particles of COVID-19 entering the air every second, the focus for people was on ensuring that they were not...
The Law Surrounding Building Ventilation
The law surrounding building ventilation. Building Ventilation is the supply and the removal of air in an indoor environment to improve air quality by removing pollutants and particulate matter from the air to ensure that the air is suitable and healthy for humans to...
The History of Air Filtration: The HEPA Filter Air Purifier Generation
Many people believe that air filtration is a new craze as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, however it dates back a lot farther that people realise, as does the HEPA filter air purifier UK wide, but not quite as far. For nearly 200 years, scientists have been working...
The Health Benefits of Air Purification: HEPA Air Purifier UK
The HEPA Standard Air Purification In recent years there has been an increase in concerns about air pollution levels bout outside and inside of the home. Adding a hepa air purifier to your home or office space can improve the quality of the air you breathe and can...
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Air Filtration in Schools – Stephen Nolan interviews Philip Dowds of OKTOair
BBC Radio: Stephen Nolan Show - 7th January 2022
Updated Building Regs to Include Air Quality Monitoring
Great to see the updates to the Building Regulations (Ventilation Document F) updated by the government yesterday (15/12/21) to include Air Quality Monitoring of offices and publicly accessible Occupiable Rooms including Hotels, pubs, theatres and restaurants....
Irish Schools urged to do homework on Hepa ventilation systems Value to be had in selecting fit-for-purpose technology
Irish Schools urged to do homework on Hepa ventilation systems: Value to be had in selecting fit-for-purpose technologyOKTO ready to play its part in making schools a safer and more productive environment Irish smart and healthy buildings specialist OKTO is urging...
OKTOair – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Article featured about the work we are doing and the advances in the air filtration sector: OKTO is behind the smartest, healthiest buildings on the planet. The innovative Irish company focuses on pioneering technologies including wellness – and, in particular,...
See Results of an Air Purifier Comparison Test
Watch an analysis of top air purifier brands to see which technology really performs. About the test Arel Supply performs a basic single-pass filtration test measuring the efficacy of a few popular air purifiers. To capture the data and measure, Ryan Gillum utilizes...
Kids’ bedroom ideas: how to decorate to improve their mood
Children’s bedrooms have never worked harder over the past 18 months they have become schools, chillout spaces, libraries and play areas, as well as being somewhere simply to sleep and dream. The Education Endowment Foundation found that lockdowns have had a...
The Importance Of Clean Air In Safeguarding The Hotel Industry
After an immobilising year for the hotel sector, hope is beginning to return as the UK reopens and a growing number of people look forward to their summer staycations. However, justified concerns remain with new variants spreading, and the ever-looming possibility of...
Embracing Innovation To Resolve The Air Pollution Crisis In Education
One factor that’s often overlooked when measuring impacts on attainment is indoor air quality. As students settle back into a normal routine after an exceedingly difficult year, schools have a difficult challenge in ensuring peer groups get back to education on an...
Vincent Lobdell of HealthWay: How We Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy
''As part of my series about the “How Business Leaders Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Vinny Lobdell, Jr. who is the President of HealthWay Family of Brands, a family-owned company that offers advanced air purification...
Cleaner Air Means Happier Workers: The Links Between Productivity And Clean Air
Philip Dowds, Managing Director of OKTO Technologies examines the impacts of indoor air pollution on employees and discusses why the time is now to embrace forward looking technologies that optimise employee wellbeing. As offices and workplaces are set to re‑open in...